US Patent 7661637 Seat attachment application

The invention is based on a seat attachment apparatus, in particular for attachment of a seat to a floor in an aircraft, having at least one horizontal attachment means and at least one vertical attachment means which can be moved in a horizontal longitudinal direction relative to the horizontal attachment means and having an operating means which can rotate, as well as a transmission unit for transmission of a rotary movement of the operating means to a linear movement of the vertical attachment means in the horizontal longitudinal direction. Preferably, the operating means has at least one rotation axis which includes an angle greater than zero with the horizontal longitudinal direction.